The blogger gave a reference to Sri. Vincent -, who is a pioneer in green movement, in his own simple ways. His blog in Tamizh is informative, with many tips on how to live in harmony with nature and how to ensure, that the land stays green. He has lot of innovative ideas on growing plants, in containers, and on terrrace.http://maravalam.blogspot.in/2010/03/blog-post_10.html

Mr.Ali has been vocal about how to save the rain water, and how to harvest it. I would like to give a gist of what he has explained in the following paragraph.

"Rain water can be harvested, either for direct use, or for storing below the ground level.There are some basic procedures to be followed for storing under the ground level, thus increasing the water table. The rain water harvesting programme instituted by TN government(while Ms.JJ was the CM ) did improve the water table in Chennai.

Another important point is that the existing wells should not allowed to go to seed, or closed. The rain water can easily be channeled for collection in to the wells. This will surely improve the water table in that area, apart from increasing the quality of water.

The borewells which are dug out above the rock table and not too deep, also need to be replenished with rain water harvesting. This will improve the water levels in the borewells and will be useful in summer months"

I would like to share that , ten years ago, we connected pipes on the terrace, to the dried up well and started collecting rain water. We have also left lot of area unpaved around the house. Apart from the well, we also let the water flow into the borewell area, to soak the water in.

This summer there is serious water shortage in Hyderabad . There are no tankers available on demand, and it takes 10 days to even get one . The Government water supply is seriously hampered , and they are distributing tankers , if booked, once a month only.

Needless to say, so far , we are getting water in our borewell, sufficient for our daily use. Thanks to rain water harvesting.:-)

Updated on 30th March 2012

This topic is hot right now, hot due to weather,a nd due to lack of water availability.
Here is another link about rain water harvesting, wish Governments and people take notice.

24 comments:

The amount of built up space that is not used for water harvesting in Hyderabad is enormous. Other than apartment and housing complexes, government offices and utilities like offices, stations, airports, university and college campuses, parks, etc., are ideal places to initiate water harvesting projects. More developers include water harvesting as a feature on their promotional material, but none of them materialize.

this is really an enlightening post for ppl like me who r completely unaware of this issue. thank u so much for sharing the info and i did go through the link on ur wordpress blog as well. will keep these facts in mind.

Great to be reminded about the urgent need for water conservation.In Punjab we people squander water with impunity.People waste countless litres of water washing their driveways and cars etc. But worrying signs of water level going down have been taken into account.The Govt. has forbidden farmers from transplating rice saplings before the monsoons as water needs to stand in the fields till it matures.Keep up the crusade as long as you can.

My mom's side family lives in RK Puram (near Sainikpuri area) and I have witnessed myself the water table going down over the last 25 years. The borewells are simply giving up there. I have seen in Germany that if you build a house, by law you are asked to take make proper provisions for rain water. I believe in India, not just government intervention but initiatives from local people are needed foremost.

In Hyderabad , the citizens are not so worried. I really can't understand why people do not complain tot he authorities. Either they are happy with the present conditions, or have lost faith in the system.

I personally feel that the people have adopted a different and crazy strategy towards such issues.Instead of tacking such problems head-on, we have focused all our energies in making more and more money (by hook or by crook) to pay for alternate solutions irrespective of the dire consequences of such solutions !

We dredge sand from river beds for building our homes, and grumble when flooding takes place.WE dig deeper bore wells and spoil the rocks and also the water table, and waste the water , with no thoughts for future.

Yes, we need this technique, not only in Bangalroe, in otehr towns and cities too. In villages, we need to continue to conserve water harvesting in ponds and well. We are neglecting this most important aspect, and we will pay for these acts of omission, through the generations ahead.

Thanks Krishna for visiting my blog. I think there is a problem in commenting on my blog, due to some Google adjustments, it seems. See here http://subhorup.blogspot.in/2012/01/blogspot-url-redirect-country-domain.html